How to seperate apisto fries from parents?

**huhengyi1986** · 8th Jun 2010, 00:16

hi those who have a nice planted set up and a pair that have spawned sure encounter some problems netting out the fries. mind sharing some experience? any easier way? mind was like 5 mm when the female start laying eggs and chasing the fries away. have to remove the whole setup and net out the fries. in the process i stress the female too much and she ate up all the eggs...

Please share your methods here

all methods/suggestions welcomed!

**Lucrado** · 8th Jun 2010, 00:33

hi, I used to use the air tube to "siphon" the small fries out.

**huhengyi1986** · 8th Jun 2010, 00:57

wont injured the fries? any casuality after siphoning?

**Csababá** · 8th Jun 2010, 18:18

I had the same problem previously. I think first you should siphone some water to make the arrival less dramatic and I think the bigger the fry ara the better as long as they don't stick in the tube/hose. When I did it the female was stressed and started to pick up the fries and only later turned it out that she only secured them instead of eating.

**Lucrado** · 8th Jun 2010, 22:04

In my case,not really. However, I did it rather quickly but "sneakily" at night. The mum might get spooked and it will start getting harder and harder to remove them

**doppelbanddwarf** · 9th Jun 2010, 15:55

Best would be to seperate before the female starts spawning again. IMHO, both siphoning and netting are equally ok.

**huhengyi1986** · 9th Jun 2010, 16:04

is it easy for you guys to net the fries out? for me with some DW and plants it is actually quite difficult to net them out unless i take all the decorations out